Rick, would you consider banning people from FFL who continue to denigrate others, perpetuate these mindless personal arguments and just waste everybody's time with these very personal posts. Individually, when these posters stay on task, they can have some pretty interesting posts, but this continual childish bickering is absurd. Ban them for a month. Maybe that will straighten them out ala Paris Hilton.... --- "Richard J. Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Judy wrote: > > > I look forward to using the term "bigot" in > > > future posts here when referring to you, > > > secure in the knowledge that you (a profes- > > > sional editor, after all) have declared that > > > the use of this term is not critical. > > > > Barry wrote: > > Or perhaps, in light of the unprovoked attack > > you *started* this short week (for you, at > > least...you only have one post left) with, > > I should refer to you as "the pigot." > > > > :-) > > > So, it is all about Judy. > > > I'm making this post while you've still got one > > post left, in case you want to get the inevitable > > response out of your system before you take > > another "long weekend." That way you won't have > > to carry your anger around with you all weekend > > like you obviously did *last* weekend. > > > > Within two hours of your arrival back on FFF, you > > had made one post calling Vaj a liar, and another > > slamming me by bringing up a three-year-old > > grudge that you're obviously still fuming over. > > I'm pointing it out because sooner or later you're > > going to trot out the line that you resort to ad > > hominem here because you've been "attacked." > > > > You *weren't* attacked. *You* attacked. And you > > didn't have to. > > > > And you don't have to next week, either. During > > the time you're sittin' in the penalty box this > > weekend (whether you're really away for a long > > weekend or just pretending to be to cover the > > fact that you blew out of FFL so quickly the > > last few weeks), I'm not going to make even one > > post critical of you. I'll try my best not to > > make even one post critical of anyone else here, > > or of TM and Maharishi (although you know the > > latter is tough because they provide so many > > *openings* for critical remarks). > > > > So when you come back next Saturday, or Sunday, > > or Monday, or whenever you come back, there will > > have been no posts from me "attacking" you. If > > you make a post attacking *me* -- personally, I > > mean, not my ideas -- then it will be clear to > > everyone on this forum "who started it." > > > > I have *no problem* with you taking to task any > > of the *ideas* may present in any of my posts. > > Go to town. Rip them a new asshole...Googlebomb > > them back to the Stone Age. That's kosher. But > > the moment you segue from taking on the ideas > > to taking on *me* -- making personal ad hominem > > attacks against me -- then you have pretty much > > established *yourself* as the attacker in this > > scenario. > > > > This is Yet Another Opportunity to clean up *your* > > act, Judy. Curtis has urged you to stick to > counter- > > ing or criticizing the *ideas*, not the person. So > > have a great number of other posters here. And yet > > you continue to attack *the person*. > > > > Everyone here knows the difference between attack- > > ing someone's ideas and attacking the person. So > if > > you resort to the latter next week, you have blown > > your victim act forever. > > > > But this post *can* be legitimately perceived as > > an attack, so you have a free ride when responding > > to it. Go to town...and feel free to use ad > hominem > > all you want. > > > > But if you do it next week, don't ever try to cry, > > "Victim" again, eh pigot? > > > > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Or go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > and click 'Join This Group!' > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Get the free Yahoo! toolbar and rest assured with the added security of spyware protection. http://new.toolbar.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/norton/index.php
